2000/305/EC: Council Decision of 30 March 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Switzerland concerning the extension of the common communication network/common system interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common transit procedure
Date: 2000-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), computer network, information system, transit

L 102/50

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27.4.2000

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 March 2000

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and Switzerland concerning the extension of the common communication network/
common system interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of the Convention on a common
transit procedure

(2000/305/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 together with the
first sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of
Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

On 22 October 1999 the Council authorised the
Commission of the European Communities to negotiate
with each of the non-Community countries which are
contracting Parties to the Convention an Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters on the extension of
the CCN/CSI to each of them.

The Commission has negotiated the extension of the
CCN/CSI to Switzerland.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
concerning this extension should be approved,

(1)

(2)

(3)

The implementation of the computerised transit system
provided for by Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/EFTA
Joint Committee on common transit (1) requires the
setting up of an international computer network to
make possible the exchange of information between the
competent authorities of the contracting Parties to the
Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit
procedure (2), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’.

The European Community has already developed a
common communication network/common system
interface (CCN/CSI) which fulfils the necessary require-
ments.

Decision No 2/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee
on common transit provides that the CCN/CSI is to be
used by all contracting Parties to the Convention (3) and
that the financial participation of the partner countries
and other related issues will be determined by mutual
Agreement between the Community and each of the
partner countries.

(1) OJ L 65, 12.3.1999, p. 50.
(2) OJ L 226, 13.8.1987, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 53.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and Switzerland concerning the
extension of the common communication network/common
the
system interface (CCN/CSI) within the framework of
Convention on a common transit procedure
is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) authorised to sign the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters so as to render it binding on the
Community.

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This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. SÓCRATES